χειλοφύλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰeː.lo.pʰý.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰi.loˈpʰy.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çi.loˈɸy.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çi.loˈfy.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çi.loˈfi.laks/
Noun
χειλοφῠ́λᾰξ • (kheilophŭ́lăx) m (genitive χειλοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χειλοφῠ́λᾰξ ho kheilophŭ́lăx |
τὼ χειλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kheilophŭ́lăke |
οἱ χειλοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi kheilophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χειλοφῠ́λᾰκος toû kheilophŭ́lăkos |
τοῖν χειλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kheilophŭlắkoin |
τῶν χειλοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn kheilophŭlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χειλοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tōî kheilophŭ́lăkĭ |
τοῖν χειλοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn kheilophŭlắkoin |
τοῖς χειλοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / χειλοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs kheilophŭ́lăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χειλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn kheilophŭ́lăkă |
τὼ χειλοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ kheilophŭ́lăke |
τοὺς χειλοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs kheilophŭ́lăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χειλοφῠ́λᾰξ kheilophŭ́lăx |
χειλοφῠ́λᾰκε kheilophŭ́lăke |
χειλοφῠ́λᾰκες kheilophŭ́lăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χειλοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press